Thursday, April 30, 2009

Help Me Solve a Mystery by Missy Tippens

Missy here. And I need your help. I'm not a gardener at all. I usually only manage to fill the pots on my porch, and maybe put out a tomato plant or two. But every year at this time, I see these gorgeous bushes around town that look like some sort of rose. And I've always wondered what type they are. I snapped these photos at the bank yesterday on my phone. Can you help me figure out what they are?

Help me solve the mystery and I'll enter your name in a drawing for my new book, His Forever Love, coming out June 1! You don't have to be correct to be entered. Just give me your best guess. I'm hoping that most of you will know and I'll be able to look into planting some of these amazing bushes! I'll do the drawing on Sunday and announce the winner under the comments section. So either leave a contact email address or be sure to check back! Thanks for your help!

Hey Missy! You've stumped my English gardner husband! He said to tell him what it is when you figure it out! It looks like what my mama used to call a Prairie Rose to me, but what do I know, killer of plastic ferns!

Hello Missy! Being a fellow Georgian, I'd say they are "Knockout Roses" as someone else already said. They are everywhere in my area (especially outside of restaurants, banks, etc.) and are lovely. Wish I had a few of those bushes in my yard, LOL! Blessings, Patti Jo :)